Space shuttle Endeavour kicks off final mission; trundles through LA streets to museum home.
Kurt Hanna (L) and Michael Sprouse of Traffic Management Inc. install a shuttle crossing sign on Lincoln Boulevard outside Los Angeles International Airport October 11, 2012, as roads are closed to move space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles.JASON REDMOND/Reuters
Vivianne Robinson of Santa Monica, California takes a photo of her and her life-size alien figure as space shuttle Endeavour leaves Los Angeles International Airport.JASON REDMOND/Reuters
The space shuttle Endeavour sits in a strip mall as a Hawaiian Airlines jet approaches a runway at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Endeavour's 12-mile road trip kicked off shortly before midnight Thursday as it moved from its Los Angeles International Airport hangar en route to the California Science Center, its ultimate destination, said Benjamin Scheier of the center.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press
Joseph Duffield, 26, of Venice, seems to hold up the space shuttle Endeavour which was parked at the Drollinger's parking lot in Westchester, California.POOL/Reuters
People crowd in front of the space shuttle Endeavour that is parked in the Drollingers's parking lot in Westchester, California, before making its way east down Manchester Boulevard, October 12, 2012.POOL/Reuters
An onlooker takes a picture of the space shuttle Endeavour as it slowly moves along city streets in Los Angeles.POOL/Reuters
The space shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along city streets in Los Angeles, California.POOL/Reuters
The space shuttle Endeavour is slowly moved along city streets in Los Angeles.POOL/Reuters